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While there was nothing that could be called mindblowing, this episode nailed it all perfectly: the feeling of wonder as a fantasy world is now real and before your very own eyes, the joy of being back after getting to taste a slice of heaven, the urgency of the situation, and of course, the idiots trying to abuse rule 64 (I think it was 64). Nice touch there, GM

I'm liking Kirito already. You can yell Gary Stu all you want (and I know people will), but I like having a strong, confident main character much more than the other option this particular LN author gave us And hey, he already has a bro, that's awesome.

Now all's left (to me, at least) is wait to see if Asuna lives up to expectations as well.

Also

Spoiler for Damn...:

That death count was really unsettling. As they say, it's all game and fun until someone dies.

As a SAO light novel fan, I can say I am really satisfied with what I saw.
Episode 1 was pretty good.
The art and animation was not as bad as I thought.
The story? So far so good. Pretty much followed the novel.
And I liked the OP scene as well.
Yeah, and the BGM was awesome.

Overall, I give this episode 9/10. Hope we have at least this standard for most of the episodes.

I was also surprised but suuuper scene.
Episode was I don't know very, very awesome, no beyond this. Can't wait on second episode... well this is going to be hell week.
Animation, soundtrack and everything else was perfect.
There is one thing I didn't like - it ended too fast

While there was nothing that could be called mindblowing, this episode nailed it all perfectly: the feeling of wonder as a fantasy world is now real and before your very own eyes, the joy of being back after getting to taste a slice of heaven, the urgency of the situation, and of course, the idiots trying to abuse rule 64 (I think it was 64). Nice touch there, GM

I'm liking Kirito already. You can yell Gary Stu all you want (and I know people will), but I like having a strong, confident main character much more than the other option this particular LN author gave us And hey, he already has a bro, that's awesome.

You're thinking of Rule 63 (genderswap).

Eh, Gary Stu/Mary Sue is a term generally limited to fan fiction and original characters, as characters that fall under that criteria tend to have be OP in every sense of the word; they essentially have to be the ultimate being.

Taking a brief break from my..err break (typing on a cell phone here so this might take a bit) to post about this show since I do want to leave some commentary as it does feel worth it atm. Plus I just love giving a sobering more direct take on anime that disregards hype and trolling or whatever baggage people love to bring into shows like this that just never leads anywhere good.

First no surprise this is the most interesting show of the season for me so far, but then it maybe has competition from one other show and said show only semi-appeals to my tastes while this goes directly at my love of video games. I had liked Accel World and took note of Kawahara Reki's writing style that just begs to be portrayed as an anime. I've become a pretty big fan of him since watching Accel World and this first episode and hope he has more works in the future in store after both. I'm trying to think of ways that it would be possible to fuck an adaptation like this up with the guy writing it being on staff (a common occurence these days) and it being a story like this (not really done since .hack) an I just come up blank, it's pretty much tailor made for intrigue in it's very nature.

I find Yuki Kaijura standing out a little more than usual here, it's not all just movie trailer music like I've come to expect. Not wetting my pants as I'm not that big a fan of her style, but again it's serviceable like usual and above average...especially this season.

As for the characters, the ones that stand out for now are Kirito and the creator. Kirito is amusing to me because he reminds me of my hardcore MMO playing friend that's super addicted to FFXI and knows all the ins and outs from playing it for almost a decade. Except unlike my friend it seems like he's actually going to be putting his experience to use in trying to save as many people as possible. His friend is an idiot though, how could you mistake a boar for the level 1 boss. Bosses are typically more....intimidating. The creator, obviously on a power trip, but I wonder if there's a twist that reveals his motives more later. Somehow I don't buy that amusement was the only reason he did this, if so that makes him as black evil as villains come.

Animation quality in the first episodes like many high profile first episodes is pretty nice. I like the background design work for the universe, it contrasts nicely with the often dark and gritty battlefields of Accel World, but I hope like that show there's a bit more variety incoming in the future. Not Ice Dungeon, Fire Dungeon, Water Dungeon etc. but more variety than just sunny blue skies and forests everywhere. I'm so used to seeing that in a lot of anime these days that's it's sort of become trite. This would be the perfect show to be more experimental with settings.

Looking forward since there's no leaving the game I wonder how much the outside family is going to factor into the story. Not sure if there's anyway to contact people on the outside without going through the creator. Anyway next week will probably introduce more of the cast which I look forward too.

That tooks about 30 minutes to type so I'm out of here. Back to vacation.

Wow, really nice animation, and the premise seems interesting. It kinda plays upon game lovers as well as those who may like some action and maybe even a potential dark story? Looking forward to seeing how this turns out.

Other than that, really glad to see that the opening theme made it into the first episode. Heard it announced and performed live by LiSA herself at Anime Expo, so I was hoping it'd be here from the get-go.

Great episode, didn't see anything they missed from novels, they even kept the Klein's "how old is your sister" there, kinda love how that since everyone of my friends in mmo's keep saying the same thing.

Eh, Gary Stu/Mary Sue is a term generally limited to fan fiction and original characters, as characters that fall under that criteria tend to have be OP in every sense of the word; they essentially have to be the ultimate being.

So close

Oh, ok. Well, I don't think knowing about the basics of the game and not cowering like a little girl against the situation count as perfection, just initiative and a bit of excitement, so I'll just think of Kirito as a cool guy.